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Topic: Months

Common Core Standards: RI.K.1---With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RI.K.7---With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear. RF.K.2d---Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in three-phoneme words. RF.K.3b---Associate the long and short sounds with common (graphemes) for the five major vowels. W.K.8---With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information provided sources to answer a question. SL.K.2--- Confirm understanding of text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details an requesting clarification if something is not understood. L.K.1a---Print many upper and lowercase letters. L.K.2c---Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). L.K.6---Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to and responding to texts.

Suggested Student Objectives:
 * Identify words that begin with short /a/.
 * Review that the letter Aa stands for /a/.
 * Write the letter Aa.
 * Compare and contrast.
 * Identify figurative language.

Suggested Additional Readings: Here Comes the Year by Eileen Spinelli The Turning of the Year by Bill Martin, Jr. July is a Mad Mosquito by J. Patrick Lewis Twelve Hats for Lena by Karen Katz A Busy Year by Leo Lionni

Resource Links: [|Months Worksheets] [|Calendar Skills] [|Calendar Game] [|Months in Order Game] [|Months of the Year Game] [|Month Packet]

Activities: 1. Months Song This an easy song to remember and will be stuck in your head for hours!! I incorporated this into my morning activities which include calender, weather, counting, etc. Most calender concepts are interpreted through music and singing. I start with pointing to the calender and the month poster and ask which month we are currently in (after the 1st few weeks they respond before you cue). I encourage them to recite in unison. After we begin the song and they are instructed to clap on the current month once and continue singing.

Tune of Frere Jacques(Brother John) JAN U ARY FEB RU ARY MARCH AP RIL MAY AND JUNE JU LY AUG UST SEP TEM BER OC TO BER NO VEM BER DE CEM BER

The spaces are to initiate slight riffs or just making the months fit the tune! Don't forget to clap!!!

2. Center for Calendars I also made a simple file folder game for months of the year, using these free printable month names from 1+1+1=1, and laminated them along with the numbers one through twelve. The month names and numbers are secured with velcro dots so the the kids can remove them, mix them up and then put them back in the folder in the correct order. When not being played with, we hang the file folder next to the calendar so we always have the list of months for easy reference. [|Month Names]

3. Month Wheel [|Month Wheel]

4. Jump the Months Type and print a flashcard for each month. Include a picture that represents something that happens during that month, for example a holiday, celebration or a change in the season. If possible, laminate them so they will last longer. Spread the flashcards on the floor and have students help you put them in the correct order. Next, stand in a line next to January and jump to February, March, etc. Listen to The Months Chant and jump to each month in order. Next, mix up the cards so that students have to jump back and forth to the next month. If you have a large class, have two students come to the front of the class to jump while the other students help them.

Assessments: Students will be able to name the 12 months in order.

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